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LAs disengaged from STP process

How do local councillors feel about STP implementation Local councillors claim they have not been involved in 'shaping, commenting on or approving'...

Painful waits as NHS rationing deepens

How much rationing is too much rationing Doctors are increasingly needing to beg for treatments, including hip and knee replacements, cataract...

Scottish Medicines Consortium invites industry engagement

Will engagement event improve understanding between industry and SMC on access to medicines in Scotland The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is...

NHS Improvement acts on staff retention

What can NHS organisations do to improve staff retention NHS Improvement has announced a major programme aimed at improving NHS staff retention in...

Political choices caused shortages, says BMA chief

Is healthcare workers' disillusionment damaging healthcare British Medical Association chair Dr Mark Porter has warned members that shortages of...

ÂŁ300m extra for health services in Northern Ireland

Will the additional money give the health service in NI the boost it needs Health and care services in Northern Ireland are to receive an additional...

STPs on route to fail, says report

Can STPs deliver a better future for the NHS Sustainability and transformation plans will not deliver a better future for the NHS as they stand,...

Diabetes prevention programme to be expanded across the country

Will educating people at risk slow down the increase in cases of Type 2 diabetes The Healthier You programme, run by Public Health England, Diabetes...

NHS England confirms first wave of accountable care systems

Which are the first areas in England to take on accountable care system status NHS England boss Simon Stevens has confirmed the eight areas in...

Commissioners’ pounds are losing value

NHS pressures put squeeze on commissioners’ cash Funds allocated to commissioners are not keeping pace with rising inflation and a growing...

General election delivers hung parliament

Will a hung parliament impact Tory manifesto pledges for the health service Friday morning the UK awoke to the news of a hung parliament in the...

Political parties fall well short on funding pledges

How much money will the NHS need from the next government Analysts at the Nuffield Trust think-tank claim that funding promises made in manifestos...

Leaked Labour manifesto promises radical plans for health

A Labour Party government would repeal the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and halt the 44 sustainability and transformation plans, redrawing them...

Think-tank advises future government to pump more money into the NHS

Think-tank researchers are calling for a halt to planned health service cuts they say will reduce spending per head of the population over the next...